This is a family friendly blog for those who love dolls and toys. The blog is a forum for all apsects of doll history, doll collecting, and doll making. It is the first step in creating a nonprofit doll center to educate the public about the historical role that dolls, the oldest human cultural artifact, play in the the lives of people all over the world. All excerpts are the author's intellectual property and may not be reproduced in any means withoutreceiving permission from the author.

My husband led me to a fantastic Victorian doll house yesterday. After we chatted with a great couple who built it, we came home with VanV...

Sand Baby Castaways

Courtesy, Glenda Rolle the Artist

PM Dolls

Leo Moss

German Dolls

Formerly, Aunt Len's.

Beecher Doll

Graces cover of Lenon Hoyte Auction, Aunt Len's

Foreign Dolls

Pryor Collection

Pryor Doll Collection

In Dec. 1959 Natl. Geographic

Great Book

Edward VI's Doll, 1540

Formerly, Helen Moe Doll Museum

Rare "frozen metal doll" Mannikin Pis

Courtesy, eBay Eilleen, Finder 27

Vintage Japanese Doll Joins our Museum Family

Courtesy, Southern Soldier Antiques

Rare Frozen Charlotte Type

A Pageant of Dolls

By Lesley Gordon, 1948

Hong Kong Lili

Barbie Stamp

An early Vintage Barbie

Bild Lili

Zinc Bodied Rohmer

Caused a suit between Mme. Rohmer and Mlle. Huret

Metal Dydee Baby

17th century Lead Dolls

England

Doll Shaped Mold

cf Dolls and Puppets by von Boehn

Metal Head

Probably Minerva

Black Metal Head

Russian Nesting Doll Charm

18 inch Metal Head

Mlle Bleuette

14th C Munich Clay Doll

Used as Bapitsmal Gifts

Halopeau artists rendering

Toy maker

Restored dolls

L to R: All vinyl mid-60s, Ragggedy Ann, handmade, new arms and clothes, Barbie Type as Elizabeth Short, The Black Dahlia. Black Felt Dress, white silk flowers and ribbons. She is in one piece, but with a swivel waist that does snap in two!

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

To be Auctioned at Theriautl's; November
Cover Antique Doll Collector. You could do a 3D painting
with an arrangement of these wonderful character dolls,
maybe they are watching Chocolte the Clown
at a speical party for little girls at the Louvre Department Store?

A few rooms are still available at the historic Waldorf Astoria hotel, site of the weekend festivities. Theriault's has a special rate of $299.00 that is virtually unprecedented in New York at this magical time of the year. Want to join us at this special price? Instead of calling the hotel, call Janet Saxe or Jamie Lanza directly at Theriault's at 1-800-638-0422 and they will make all the arrangements for you. Just a few rooms remain so make sure you make your reservations as soon as possible.Florence will be conducting her beloved private hands-on seminar on Friday, the 21st between 10:00AM and 4:00PM that will highlight the subject of "Jumeau, Bru, and The Great Pretenders." This is an intensive and educational workshop that will give collectors hands on experience with many of the rare dolls featured that weekend along with Florence's decades of knowledge to help raise your collecting awareness. The maximum number of attendees is 25 and a few spots remain...call Janet Saxe or Jamie Lanza at 1-800-638-0422 to reserve your place today. On Saturday evening, following the grand Theriault event "Let The Music Begin" featuring over 300 of the finest and rare antique dolls, we will host an "all are welcome" reception with legendary fashion designer and doll artist Robert Tonner along with Florence Theriault and Theriault President, Stuart Holbrook. This "Wine and Walk" event will take you on a personal tour of Tonner's collection as he talks about the vintage pieces from his own personal collection of iconic America Fashion dolls being auctioned the next day and the influence they had on his own contemporary work. This is open to the public and will take place between 7:00PM and 9:00PM. The holiday season in NYC. Could any place be more romantic or perfect? Like Paris in the spring or London in the fall, the charm and excitement of the city will be in full bloom. The Waldorf Astoria puts you right in the heart of it all to be an easy stroll to Rockefeller Center, Central Park, as well as all the fabulous shops whose windows and buildings will be decked out in full holiday spirit. What better time to enjoy a weekend of dolls! The catalogs will be mailed late next week so be sure to place your orders today. If you are not a subscriber already, subscriptions are the best option for assuring all of the catalogs arrive in the future at a significant savings. As well, you even have the option of opting out of specialty catalogs in your subscription like the Tonner event on Sunday. For more details on this gala weekend in New York, go here to preview some of the rarest offerings collectors of all genres could imagine.Click hereto order the auction catalogs.

To receive notice of Theriault's auctions, go to www.theriaults.com and register to receive email notices. If you are planning on coming to New York City for the November 22-23 auctions or would like more information call Theriault's toll-free at 800-638-0422, internationally at 410-224-3655 or email info@th

Happy Halloween Week all Doll Collectors and
Enthusiasts! There are lots of chances to find interesting dolls this
time of year, I hope your spooky doll dreams come true! Get out your
witch, scarecrow, and Dracula dolls, and let the Pumpkin Heads Reign

Antique Doll Collector Magazine: Fabulous Finds under $500: Now that Christmas and the holidays are nearly upon us, we may want to take note of the many doll related events taking place, as well as th...

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Here is a photo of some of my first antique and collectible dolls as they used to be displayed in my parents' home. I have had to move them since, but I still have them and cherish them. I look forward to the day that they will be displayed in my brick and mortar museum. I am sorry they are black and white for now; they will be in color later. I've just learned to scan, and this scanner is connected to a BW copy machine, but all the same, you get the idea:)

October reigns cold, crisp, and a little wet. I have a new doll newsletter out for Doll Collecting at about.com; collectdolls.about.com. It is free, and you may unsubscribe at anytime. I am also posting photos and aritcles on my Facebook Page, Dr. E's Doll Museum, and on the Facebook Page Antqique Doll Collector. There are photos from ADC on Pinterest and Flickr, and Google+. Lots of places to read about, and to see, great dolls. My newsletters features posts on the new horror doll flick, "Annabelle,' and more information on Halloween Dolls. There is also something on the 2014 UFDC convention and much more.

I've recieved permission from the editors of Antique Doll Collector Magazine to post a link where you can subscribe directly to their wonderful, all color magazine with lots of information for doll collectors. Here it is: http://antiquedollcollector.com/store/page2.html

The nice folks who run The Haunted Doll Museum on the Web have been very nice to me, and have followed my Tweets, but I confess I don't believe in haunted anything. It would be nice to sit down with M. Jumeau and M. Bru to talk doll making, and to have tea with Armand Marseilles andMadame Alexander, but I don't believe it will ever happen, either.

Certainly, I can laugh at myself. Our local haunted house has a Baby Doll Room, bathed in eerie red light, with zombie babies and skeleton dolls mixed in with all types of vintage dolls invarious stages of repair and disrepair. One year, when I have time, I'm going to volunteer to be the guide in that room. I love that room, and all the other animatronics and mechanical Halloween dolls and mannikins featured. I love them because they are types of dolls and play a part in doll history and art. I appreciate the imagination and craftsmanship it took to make them, and to display them. They don't scare me. Our local talk show hostess, a celebrity in her own mind if no one else's, made a point of saying to the local movie reviewer that she "hates anything like dolls that move!" Must be why her staff treated me so rudely when I was a guest representing our local American Association of University Women group with a short program on historical dolls. Oh well.

Our weekend
was full of doll related events and fall festivals. There was too
much to attend! New dolls continue to appear everywhere,
and flea markets abound. Theriault's kicks off another
month of doll auctions beginning October 4th, and dolls
are more popular than ever!

By popular demand, here is one of a series of
articles with tips on selling dolls and places to list them. As
I've said often, I am not a dealer, but have lots of experience
buying dolls and talking with dealers and auctioneers. This
may give those who want to selll some placs to start.

By
popular demand, here is one of a series of articles with tips on selling
dolls and places to list them. As I've said often, I am not a dealer, but
have lots of experience buying dolls and talking with dealers and
auctioneers. This may give those who want to selll some placs to
start.